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Bartle sneered and said, "Yun Zihuang, your men have caught up. They are courting death."

"Give me a torch."

Bartle took a torch from a subordinate beside him and handed it to her. She raised the torch and turned around to gesture in the direction of Yun Zhao three times. Yun Zhao and the others slowed down their horses and finally halted, no longer pursuing.

"What message are you using a torch to pass on?"

He was very curious. With a torch, would he still be able to say what he wanted to say?

If that was the case, it was very convenient and effective to transmit information and orders in this manner at night. In the dark wilderness, even if one was very far away, they could still use this method to send a message.

"Guess."

She smiled as she spoke, turning her head to look in the direction of Yun Zhao and the others.

When Yun Zhao received the order, he hesitated for a long time and temporarily stopped his impulse to give chase. There were only four people, including him. Beside him was the wounded man he had just released, but there were hundreds of them. Even if they chased after him, they would not only be unable to save the princess, but would instead send themselves to their deaths. Without a choice, he could only follow the princess' orders and arrange for the heavily injured soldiers to gather everyone in Gou Martial Immortal City.

This was the only chance the princess had left to survive in exchange for herself. At the same time, he believed that given the princess's wisdom and bravery, she would definitely have a chance since she had ordered him to wait for an opportunity.

He used a torch to send out orders for everyone to gather here while bandaging the wounded. Of course, Yun Zhao didn't give up on his pursuit. He still sent people to stay in the dark behind the people of the northern region, ready to rescue the princess at any time.

The wounded reported that Yun Zuiyue had led them to lure the enemy, but there were too many of them. Even after they formed a circle, they were still able to stop them. Yun Yin desperately tried to open up a path of blood. Unfortunately, although he was an expert, in this kind of battle, a person's power was limited. He also met with the expert, Bartle, and Yun Yin also escaped with heavy injuries.

Yun Zhao used his torch to send a signal, hoping that Yun Yin would be able to see it. He hoped that the lightly wounded would lead the heavily injured to return to War God City, then lead his men to continue chasing down the people from the northern region who had captured the princess. If he couldn't rescue the princess, he and these people would die in battle. He would never allow the princess to be taken back by the barbarians of the northern region. The barbarians of the northern region had always been fierce and barbaric. They didn't dare to imagine how miserable it would be if the princess was taken back to the northern region by the barbarians.

He pursed his lips and collected the clothes worn by the barbarian corpse from the north. Then, he chased after them in the dark of the night.

He wanted to use this method to find an opportunity to sneak into the barbarian's group in the northern region and rescue the princess. This was the only method he could come up with.

Yun Zihuang turned her head with a smile, sizing up Bartle: "I still haven't asked what your name is, general."

Battle looked at her coldly. She had already become his talisman, but she was still smiling so happily in his arms. He really didn't know if this girl had a heart or not. He moved his lips closer, almost touching her ear, "Yun Zihuang, remember my name, Battle."

"What does a good name mean?"

He laughed and said, "You don't even know what it means? Just say it's a good name? "Woman, have you heard of my name before?"

"Seeing the general's heroic appearance, the meaning of his name must be very good. When I first arrived at the northern border, I did not know that there are any heroes among the people of the northern region. With the general's intelligence, even if he is not famous now, he will still be a famous general in the near future."

He laughed. "If you want me to not kill you with a few good words, it would be more effective to please me."

"I don't mind if you please me."

The two men rode on horseback, Battle's arm, like an iron band around her slender waist, and he took both her hands in case she did anything wrong. She didn't struggle. Instead, she lazily leaned against his chest and assumed a comfortable position. She pressed her weight against his chest without the slightest restraint.

"You seem to like being my captive."

"Battle, you have planned for a long time, and tried so hard to catch me, but how can you bring me back to your army?"

"You think that reinforcements will come to save you?"

"Guess."

"Yun Zihuang, guess what Feng Qingxiao is willing to exchange for you."

The two of them sat on the same horse, talking and laughing happily. She kept looking in the direction of Yun Zhao and the others, and only after seeing a row of torches light up in the dark and move towards the Martial Immortal City, did she relax a little. This was the order she had issued with a torch when she was in Battle's arms. Let Yun Zhao lead the men and each of them hold a torch, and turn back towards War God City.

If the torch was extinguished midway, it meant that they had encountered an ambush from the barbarians of the northern region.

"Don't worry, I'm not interested in those soldiers. What I want is you, now hand over the antidote."

"I will naturally give you the antidote when they send out a signal of safety."

"Don't tell me I don't have the patience to wait until they return to wargod city"

She pursed her lips, "Bartle, as a prisoner, I'm not in a hurry yet. Why are you in such a hurry?"

"One more of my men is dead, and I want you to pay me back. Do you know how I'm going to make you pay me back?"

"A man is a fish in the water, why would I not think of that?"

"You're not afraid?"

Battle's beast-like eyes were filled with a ferocious and bloodthirsty light as he coldly stared at her. These eyes flashed with a strange luster in the dark night, as if they were wild beasts that were hibernating in the dark, waiting for their prey to arrive. At any time, they would pounce on their prey, bite off its throat, and tear off its prey to eat.

"You have beautiful eyes."

She said with a smile. Her gaze swept across his face and then fell on the torches in the distance that were heading towards War God City. Dozens of torches, she sighed inwardly. In this encounter, half of the personal guards and Iron Guards she brought with her had been killed. These people, like her former comrades, had sacrificed themselves to protect her. So just now, she ran out and used herself to exchange for the injured prisoners. This was what she should have done.

The sound of the wind whistled past their ears. The galloping horses were fast. The barbarians of the northern region were worthy of living on horses ever since they were young. They had excellent riding skills.

Bartle was also very nervous. If they couldn't leave this place during the night and return to the army, it would be very dangerous for them.

"Da Da Da …"

The sound of rapid and heavy horse hooves rang out, causing the ground to tremble. It was as if countless primordial beasts had run out of the dark night and heavily stepped on the ground.

The reinforcements were coming at such a fast speed that they exceeded his expectations. To be able to send so many cavalrymen here at such a time, it could only be the reinforcements of the Tianyuan Kingdom. Along with the deafening sound, in the bright night light, cavalry wearing the army uniforms of the northern border of the Tianyuan Kingdom came over from two different directions.

He tightened the arm that was placed on Yun Zihuang's waist, "Princess Taiping, will these people even care about your life, and try to kill me?"